Made for a pittance, with no stars and the flimsiest of plots, Tobe Hooper’s extra-crunchy splatter flick went on to become ...

In the five decades since, though, the film has become regarded as a landmark in horror, though it remains controversial.

It’s 1974, and in Round Rock, Texas, the devil is about to die a gruesome death. The Texas Chain Saw Massacre* released in ...

Fifty years ago, two independent filmmakers named Tobe Hooper and Kim Henkel had a gruesome vision for a new kind of film. Their idea involved merciless kills, a chainsaw, a group of youths and a ...

In October 1974, The Texas Chain ... The Texas Chainsaw Massacre Part 2. The film, for better or worse, opened the floodgates for Chainsaw prequels and sequels over the next several decades.

A Texas Chainsaw Massacre maze will return to Halloween Horror Nights at Universal Studios Hollywood in honor of the classic slasher film’s 50th anniversary. Halloween Horror Nights 2024 will ...

Meanwhile, Henkel’s self-directed Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation, released in 1995 and starring a pre-fame Renée Zellweger and Matthew McConaughey, was an ironised, self-aware ...

Explore the eerie allure of Texas as a prime setting for iconic horror movies, with the Texas Chainsaw Massacre franchise ...

When “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre” hit theaters in October 1974, audiences were horrified – and enthralled. The plot wasn’t that complex, nor were the characters. But boy, was there grime ...

Leatherface lay dormant for more than a decade, until 1986 when Hooper flipped the script of his original film to direct the ...